Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience.
Most of these ‘attacks’ are targeted at the database, but some are more ddos-like and can be mitigated by using a CDN. Some other Lemmy servers are using Cloudflare, so we know that works. Therefore we have chosen Cloudflare as CDN / DDOS protection platform for now. We will look into other options, but we needed something to be implemented asap.
For the other attacks, we are using them to investigate and implement measures like rate limiting etc.
Script Kiddies are definetely some of the saddest people on the internet. If you’re gonna be an unethical hacker at all, actually do it. Don’t be a sissy.
It’s about skills. Script kiddie can download and run a script written by someone else but that’s pretty much it.
Downloads Uber hax. Run script. Computer dies. “Heh, I am a god.”